Server-side Javascript Unchained

Pyr8 is a high-performance JavaScript execution engine built on top of V8. Pyr8 is intended for use as a general purpose network server in large-scale distributed systems. Unlike existing JavaScript server solutions like NodeJS, Pyr8 provides the best combination of performance and security guarantees available. Pyr8’s JavaScript programming interface exposes a collection of bare-metal, thread-safe Linux APIs. Through a collection of simple API primitives built with high-performance, secure, distributed computing in mind, Pyr8 makes secure, large-scale applications a breeze to write.

Some of Pyr8’s highlights include:

Natively threaded web server.

Filesystem support, including a persistent key/value database.

Object capability security model that isolates programs from each other, while still allowing them to share resources.

APIs that are easy to understand and use correctly.

Security supported by a rich mathematical model.

Pyr8 is currently in development, contact us to become an early adopter.